State Senate, House prayers differ

10:53 PM,
Jan. 26, 2013

Jonatan Shorman

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Jonathan Shorman
JSHORMAN@NEWS-LEADER.COM

Less than 12 hours after Rep. Eric Burlison was involved in an accident driving to Springfield on Wednesday night, the prayer beginning the Senate the next day seemed especially appropriate.

"After we complete our work, watch 'our going out and our coming in' so we arrive safely home," Msgr. Carl Gauck, the Senate chaplain, prayed Thursday morning. "And let us return home to our families and find time to share and make use of teachable moments so that each of us may learn from you through the gift of others in our lives."

As is the custom in both the House and Senate, a prayer is read to begin each day. ...